Hey fam...... the weeks are going so fast. We had a pretty good week! our area is progressing pretty well and we are meeting a lot of new people. The weather behaved well this week which was pretty refreshing for a change. The last few weeks have really tuaght me a lot of lessons. Coming to a new area with a new companion and a new branch definitely forces you to change and adapt to your new enviorment. I think Heavenly Father knew I needed to come here and humble myself a bit fom my previous area. The past two weeks I found myself getting frustrated and irritated over things beyond my control. Sometimes you can't change the way things are and how certain situations and people turn out. You can change your attitude and outlook. This week I really just tried to lose myself in thoose little moments and find the joy in the simple things. The more i've read the scriptures the more i've come to see that the Savior's mortal ministry was defined by the simple random acts of service and finding the teaching moments in the simple things in life. This week I tried to do that and found a lot of joy that lifted my spirit. It came in many ways sweeping out a random porch, cooking with one of our investigators, washing clothes with an old grandma who didn't speak a lick of english, and the simple laugh of those darn street kids that kill my heart. At one point this week we were sitting on this dusty porch in the rain with some people we where teaching and i was craddling a little kitten in my lap. When they started saying "We don't understand you come here sit on our dirty porch, play with our animals, cook with us azhungu's (white people) dont just do that here!" And I just told them how much I love them that I didn't care about any of that stereotypes. They ended up having me name their kitten for them.......heheheh let's just say someone in our family now has a cat in Malawi named after them. Little moments like that just reasure me that this is where i'm supposed to be. Despite all my stupid weaknesses, or how frustrated I get with some things at times it's all worth it. Let's see, for fun times this week I made a big thing of mashed potatoes the other night that just hit the spot perfectly. We also played a fun game of street soccer in our area the other day with some misionaries and kids durning an interview for one of our investigators. Well not much else this week still living the dream here in Lilongwe have fun stay chill God bless
Elder Lusk
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